A reconstructed telling of the murder and investigation of an esteemed Kansas family, and the psychological profile of their killers

True Crime ✨ Violence ✨ Motive

A young girl comes of age during a trial that reveals ugly truths about the close knit Alabama community she is growing up in.

Justice ✨ Conforming ✨ Prejudice

The futuristic British Ministry of Time discovers time travel and brings expats from the past into the present.

Assimilation ✨ Complicity ✨ Alienation

For fans of Loki

A fantastical retelling of Macbeth from the perspective Lady Macbeth.

Atmospheric ✨ Brooding ✨ Witchy

I went back and forth on liking this book, but ultimately felt that in trying to paint Lady Macbeth as a troubled, frightened, and suppressed wife, the story actually does the opposite of what it sets out to do - it takes away her agency and her voice. I think she‘s a more compelling character as a plotting, guilt ridden, and ambitious wife.

A young friendship is tested, devastated, and rebuilt around the events of a serial killer‘s abduction.

Obsession ✨ Humanity ✨ Pain

A book written like a memory. For fans of True Detective.

Fifty-two essays about Margaret Renkl‘s love of nature and her backyard.

Walden ✨ Still ✨ Muse

I‘m not sure if this book is meant to be read all at once. I think a slower paced read would‘ve made me appreciate it more. I‘m also dying to know what the author‘s yard looks like!

Three generations of a Jewish-American family battle the traumas passed down from each generation prior.

Inheritance ✨ Trauma ✨ Wealth

Takes place in an alternate world where prisoners can fight to the death on live TV in order to shorten their prison sentences…if they survive.

Gladiators ✨ Preachy ✨ Freedom

A fascinating concept that couldn‘t have been more boring. The Hunger Games did it better.

In an attempt to make their exes jealous, Daphne and Miles start a fake relationship.

Friendship✨ Trust ✨ Chance

God, Emily Henry really knows how to write the perfect summer beach read. I will read her everytime!

The story of John Sawtelle, his wife Mary, his friends, and the dogs they raise.

Canine ✨ Expansive ✨ Wisconsin

This book is loooooong - at times too long (900+ pages). There isn‘t a plot, just a narrative about a man living his life. The writing is soothing, but I would not recommend for someone who prefers a twisty beach read with action and mystery.

A book of essays by Hanif Abdurraqib that intersects music, pop culture, race, and politics.

Lyrical ✨ 2016 ✨ Meaning

Lara tells her three daughters the story of her past.

Dreamy ✨ Inevitability ✨ Timeless

A simple tale within a tale with a solid ending.

Luzia Cotado‘s magical abilities are discovered, and she is forced to compete in a tournament for the king during the Spanish Inquisition.

Gothic ✨ Fortune ✨ Hope

I love Leigh Bardugo‘s fanatsy - Main characters that are complex, love stories that aren‘t cringey, and world building that feels inspired.

Told during two separate points in time, My Dark Vanessa shows the beginning and the fallout of an affair between a fifteen year old student named Vanessa and her English teacher.

Uncomfortable ✨ Grooming✨ Denial

Collette LeSange is a secret vampire who teaches preschool in upstate New York.

Addict ✨ Instinct ✨ Boring

Another book that seems to have no plot and would‘ve benefited from editing.

A widowed scientist and her two daughters find the frozen body of a wholly mammoth.

Maternal ✨ Isolated ✨ Genetic

Has the plot of a Wes Anderson movie

A fictional retelling of Ted Bundy‘s murders from the perspective of survivors.

Speculative ✨ Retrospect ✨ Reclaiming

Had no idea this book was about Ted Bundy until I was halfway through. I wonder if that was intentional or if I‘m just oblivious.

The Price family follows their fanatical father on a religious mission to Congo during a time of political and emotional upheaval.

Post Colonial ✨ Hardened ✨ Absolution

A heavy family saga that is incredibly well written. A cross between Heart of Darkness and Hello Beautiful.

Piglet learns devastating news weeks before her wedding.

Hollow ✨ Unraveling ✨Ravenous

For fans of Milk Fed

One of the best book covers I‘ve seen in a long time!

Desperate to support her brother and the young boy next store, Kiara turns to prostitution and ends up entangled in a scandal.

Oakland ✨ Survival ✨ Moon

A book with an incredible ending.

Violet enters her second year at Basgiath college.

Inconsistent ✨ Pining ✨ Juvenile

Such a disappointing follow up to a fun first book. Violet and Xaden are insufferable. Most of their problems feel self inflicted. None of their decisions make any sense, especially when they sacrifice logic (and keeping everyone else alive!) for their own romantic plot. Overall terrible writing that could‘ve benefited from some editing guidance.

A marginalized town of Jews and blacks band together to save a young boy.

Community ✨ Unity ✨ Chain Reaction

The classic graphic novel providing a darker take on the superhero genre through the lens of political and nuclear turmoil.

Alternate History ✨ Nihilism ✨ Doom

For fans of The Boys and the darker DC comics

Alison Bechdel‘s coming out story is intertwined with revelations about her father.

Shame ✨ Closeted ✨ Paternity

Jack and Elizabeth reevaluate their marriage in the face of modern love and childhood trauma.

Placebo ✨ Happiness ✨ Marriage

Evie Porter gets sent on a job that might be her last.

Cat and Mouse ✨ Alias ✨ Betrayal

An average thriller that is overhyped.

Susannah Breslin‘s memoir about her life as an emerging writer, and reflections on being part of UC Berkely‘s Block Study.

Musings ✨ Aimless ✨ Eugenics

A memoir that is more about writers‘ block than the Block Study.

Jean M Twenge, PhD reviews year-over-year data to better understand what makes each generation unique.

Culture ✨ Technology ✨ Impact

An interesting concept that felt bogged down by personal opinion and self fulfilling conclusions.

June Hayward steals her friend‘s posthumous manuscript, and poses it as her own work.

Fraud ✨ Moral Authority ✨ Authorship

A clever, meta portrayal of cancel culture, race, and the publishing industry.

Lynnette Tarkington is a real life “final girl.” Years later, she and the members of her Final Girl Support Group find themselves hunted once again.

80s Core ✨ Slasher ✨ Visceral

For fans of classic horror films and WTF moments

Yayoi sets out to find her flighty aunt, and returns with memories of her past.

Family ✨ Loneliness ✨ Lost

This book was meandering and I didn‘t feel like it had a point. I also think part of the story was distorted or lost in its Japanese to English translation.

TFTOP is supposedly the first book in a new series, but about 50 pages in I realized it‘s actually a continuation of The Shades of Magic trilogy. As someone who didn‘t read the original books, I felt lost. The book is probably more entertaining if you read the prior stories first.

World Building ✨ Political ✨ Abilities

A critical overview of Latin America‘s history, and the foreign interference that has negatively impacted its development.

Like The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying, this book is meant to spark discussion and for the reader to derive their own meaning.

Dense ✨ Economics ✨ Socialist

A woman seeks to escape her depression in the desert.

Fever Dream ✨ Meta ✨ Spiritual

Violet Sorrengail joins hundreds of students training to become dragon riders.

Exciting ✨ Tropes ✨ Steamy

Mia‘s father is missing, and only her nonspeaking brother, Eugene, knows what happened.

Voice ✨ Neurodivergent ✨ Analytical

Despite breaking up five months prior, Harriet and Wyn pretend they are still a couple in order to salvage a week long getaway with close friends.

Summer ✨ Pining ✨ Found Family

For fans of Friends (the show) and every Emily Henry book written

A wife reflects on her marriage, chronicling the wayward steps she takes to maintain her husband‘s interest.

Possessive✨ Neurotic ✨ Toxic

A retelling of Charles Dickens‘ David Copperfield against the setting of rural West Virginia

Appalachia ✨ Rise and Fall ✨ Cycles of Abuse

The story of Andrew Bevel and his wife, Mildred Bevel, told from 4 different points of view.

Literary ✨ Fabrication ✨ Story Within a Story

A group of four friends with different backgrounds join Babel (Oxford‘s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation), but are soon torn apart by war.

Academia ✨ Appropriation ✨Moral Qaundry

Alex drifts from home to home in the Hamptons plotting her next move.

Transient ✨ Leech ✨ Drifter

Despite having Red Blood, Mare Barrow discovers she has Silver Blood powers.

Young Adult ✨ Love Triangle ✨ Royal

The story of the Padavano sisters and William Waters

Family ✨ Grief ✨ Generations

For fans of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

A wife, a husband, and the wife‘s best friend destructively navigate their ever changing dynamic over the course of 24 hours.

Jealousy ✨ Perspective✨ Short

Five years after their mother‘s disappearance, Zadie and Finn set out to discover what happened to her.

Mystical ✨ Migration ✨ Memory

Leah Kempler moves to Wisconsin to begin her MFA, and falls in love with a recovering heroine addict.

Codependency ✨ Addiction ✨ Perception

A prequel to the Hunger Game trilogy, following Coriolanus Snow and his transformation from ambitious student to murderous villain.

Ambition ✨ Human Nature✨ Origin

Comedy writer, Sally Milz, catches the eye of a pop music superstar.

SNL ✨ Pandemic Setting ✨ Simple

Budding author, Isabelle Manning, learns her late mother ghost wrote her father‘s best selling novels.

Ambition✨ Legacy ✨ Deception